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Gail

American  
[gayl] / geɪl /

noun

  1. a female or male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “joy.”


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Randy Gail Sperino was last seen alive on the evening of 9 November 1993, as she was getting into a pickup truck in Granite City, Illinois.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Steinem had a “gift for empathy,” New York Times columnist Gail Collins wrote when the feminist icon turned 80 in 2014.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

‘The Drop: A Snowfall Saga’ centers ‘Snowfall’s’ Gail Bean and her attempt to make it in the music industry during the 1990s with the help of her cousin, played by Asante Blackk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

The train would “divide our town in half,” said Gail Alvidrez, a retiree and longtime local resident.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026

Reflecting on her career, Gail tells me ruefully that she swore, years ago, never to work for a corporation again.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

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